:quality(85)//cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/infobae/DT6CK2HE45F3PEI3XCMYPBLWUY.png "Petro government's peace process with the ELN: these are the first agreements after the second round of talks in Mexico 1")
On Friday March 10, from Mexico City, a closing ceremony of the second round of talks between national government delegations and the National Liberation Army (ELN). It is estimated that it will take place at noon, live to know the results and the progress at the table.
The senator Ivan Cepedapart of the government delegation invited to “follow the solemn act in which we will present the significant results of the second round of peace talks between the government and the ELN”.
“It is an act followed by symbolism, very important personalities from the international community and also from the Colombian government will be there”, added the deputy.
Likewise, the politician through his Twitter account posted an image with the following message: “One of the agreements that we will present today following our work in the second round of dialogues with the ELN”.
The magazine Week He knew the key points that will be given in the said agenda which is signed by all the negotiators of the Petro government and the ELN. The press conference would include “the political and legal recognition of the ELN by the government as a rebel politico-military organization”.
On the other hand, it will solve the legal status of the ELN and its members, including those prosecuted and convicted. “There must be conditions and guarantees for the security and exercise of ELN policy,” the document details.
“The agenda is a whole and a guide for the development of dialogues and agreements, always taking into account territorial dynamics and the reality of the country. The dialogues will take place in the order of the signed agenda, except modifications by mutual agreement”, specifies the agenda.
It must be taken into account that during the first days of the negotiating table, the guerrillas asked the national government that all its members receive reduced sentences regardless of the crime they have committed, referring to conversations about “humanitarian aid in prisons”. On top of that, we also knew that the ELN insisted on his demand that Colombia leave the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
The head of the ELN negotiating delegation, Paul Beltran, was responsible for reiterating this request from the guerrillas to the Colombian government and he did so in a video that he sent, as a greeting, to the 2023 Peace Summit, which took place in the Mexican capital on February 23 and 24. The video was posted on February 25.
Beltrán also praised the efforts that “are being made in the United States so that there is not a penny more for the war, and the efforts that are being made from the United States of Mexico so that the arms race promoted by the North American military – industrial complexes stop fueling internal wars and wars between states.
He Third cycle of talks between the guerrillas of the National Liberation Army (ELN) and he national government represented by the High Councilor for Peace, Danilo Rueda, will start in Holy Week (from Sunday 2 to Saturday 8 April).
One of the new surprises in the midst of this attempt to Peace agreement is that this new cycle will take place in Cubamost likely in Havana.
But, before the third start-up cycle, the delegations – both from the Petro government and from the National Liberation Army– will meet again in Venezuela in order to establish the points to be discussed on the island.
Also, for security reasons, the The ELN delegation cannot stay in Mexican territory for more than a month, reason why his return to the Bolivarian country becomes essential.
Finally, The second round of talks with the ELN is expected to end on Friday March 10. The final meeting in Aztec country will take place at Mexico City DF, specifically at the Colegio de San Ildefonso.